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Friday, June 24, 2011

Super Summer Desserts

Raise your hand if you love desserts! Okay, put your hand down and navigate through this post. There are 7, count them 7, delicious desserts perfect for summer. That's just enough to have a different dessert every night for a week. Warning: if you opt for making all of these in one week, and indulging, you'll probably need to go shopping for new clothes. Unfortunately, these aren't low fat or low calorie. But, in moderation, they are so good! Bake and share with friends and then let us know what you think!

This is an easy one my mom makes. Take lime sherbert. Add fresh blueberries. Let them sit a few minutes and the blueberries start to freeze. It's refreshing and delicious!

Strawberry Ice Cream with Fresh Basil

The girls from HowDoesShe shared this wonderful goodness. This is one of our family favorites. We even use strawberry frozen yogurt for a lower fat dessert. The basil freezes and has a great texture in the ice cream! http://www.howdoesshe.com/strawberries-meet-basil

Baked Alaska

Oh, I love Baked Alaska.

First, make a pan of brownies. My favorite is Betty Crocker's Hershey's Triple Chunk. Let the brownies cool. Beat 8 eggs whites, 1/4 teaspoon of cream of tartar, and 1 cup of sugar until stiff. Put ice cream, that has been frozen solid, on top of the brownies. Cover the ice cream and brownies with the egg whites. Set your oven's broiler on low (or your oven temperature to 500 degrees). Put the Baked Alaska in the oven until the egg whites turn a light brown.

*Options: you can use an angel food cake for a lighter option. You can substitute any flavor Jello for strawberry. You can also use sugar free! Finally, I prefer homemade whipped cream. Cool whip works fine as well.

Preparation:

Grease and flour a 9 x 13-inch pan and set aside.

In a large bowl combine flour and sugar. In a saucepan combine the cocoa, Coca-Cola, butter, and marshmallows; bring to a boil. Combine the boiled mixture with the flour and sugar mixture.

In a separate bowl mix eggs, buttermilk, baking soda, and vanilla; add to the first mixture. Pour into prepared pan and bake at 350 degrees for about 35 minutes, until cake tests done.

Frosting:

In a saucepan, bring butter, cocoa, and Coca-Cola to a boil. Stir in the sugar and mix well. Stir in nuts. Spread over the cake while both cake and frosting are still warm.
Serves about 16. Serve with a dollop of homemade whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.

Last summer I made my first Baked Alaska for my Dad's birthday and I used a kitchen torch. It made it so you could brown the egg whites evenly and didn't have to turn the oven on to 500 degrees. I LOVE the layering on your cake.

Yum Coca cola cake like from Cracker Barrel...mmmmm! =DStopping by from the Shabby Nest Party.I would love for you to link this up to My Favorite Things Friday Party going on all week!Be sure to enter my $50 stencil giveaway too =D XX~Iffy~www.stayathomenation.blogspot.com

Thanks for the strawberry jello cake recipe. I used to have this recipe a long time ago and loved it and my family also but during moving and over the years it got lost. So when seeing it here today was I ever thrilled. Thank you again!!!!!

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